how to get yesterday date

Question

I want to get yesterday date or date which is of not today but of the past. I am using this code -

Calendar calendarMessage = Calendar.getInstance();
        Calendar calendarToday = Calendar.getInstance();
        calendarMessage.setTime(date);
        return calendarMessage.get(Calendar.YEAR) == calendarToday.get(Calendar.YEAR) &&
                calendarMessage.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR) == calendarToday.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);

Can you please help me in this?

google has about 8.970 answers to your question. Have you tried it? — MrSmith42, Aug 15 '16 at 13:31
Try this by using -1 for incremental http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8738369/how-to-add-days-into-the-date-in-android — Recomer, Aug 15 '16 at 13:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 15 '16 at 13:35

Try on this way ..

public static String getYesterdayDate() {

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
    return dateFormat.format(cal.getTime());
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '16 at 13:31

The following should work for you:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);
System.out.println("Yesterday's date = "+ cal.getTime());

private String getYesterdayDateString() {
        DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -1);    
        return dateFormat.format(cal.getTime());
}

how to get yesterday date

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